L&G, the Ukrainian CS:GO eSports team ranked 97th in the HLTV world ranking. Team from Ukraine hit the top-100 most powerful CS:GO squads after victory over the British team Viperio, the 101st place in the world.
L&G defeated opponents with a score of 2:1 in the European Pro League Season 9 tournament on July 10. Ukrainians beat the British on the Overpass (16:3) and Ancient (16:8) maps. Map Anubis was lost by a narrow margin (19:16).
CS:GO team L&G received a direct invitation from European Pro League Season 9. The cumulative prize fund of this event reaches $20,000. The duration of the tournament — 17 days, from July 10 to 27.
L&G was ranked 117th in the HLTV world ranking and was among the top five Ukrainian teams in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive prior to the start of the European Pro League Season 9. At its peak, L&G was ranked 106th in the world by HLTV. Now the team occupies the 97th position in the world CS:GO.
The L&G eSports team was founded in 2021. Initially, it was called Leogaming. The idea of the team belongs to the famous Alona Shevtsova from the fintech sector.
The team began to perform in top tournaments and almost immediately made its way to the Advanced division of the ESEA League Europe competitions. It is worth noting that the team also participated and won prizes in such European tournaments as SCL League, WhiteBit Crypto Open, Phoenix League, and various competitions.
In March 2023, the Leogaming team was rebranded to L&G. At the same time, the team went to a whole new level by inviting David Merl Davidyan and Vladislav Leen Stepanov. L&G signed an agreement with a new coach, Dmitry Rjy Chumak, who became the mentor of the team.
This year, L&G made it to the playoff of the 45th season of the ESEA League Advanced tournament of the European division and won three matches. For L&G, this is the second playoff in the ESEA League Advanced. Previously, our team made it to the play-off stage in the 43rd season of the ESEA League Advanced tournament. At that time, the team defeated 9 opponents in the main draw.
